67.However, in a more recent case of HON. JUSTICE S. E. ALADETOYINBO v. THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA (2020) ECW/CCJ/JUD/18/20, (Unreported) at pg. 9 para 29, the Court reviewed its extensive jurisprudence on the subject and came to a conclusion that the jurisdiction of the Court is neither to serve as an appeal court nor a court of cassation of the domestic courts of ECOWAS Member States “must not be interpreted in an absolute manner”. In para. 32 of the same judgment it was held that where the exercise of the Court’s mandate is not to pronounce on the propriety or otherwise of the substance of the decision rendered by the domestic court of a Member State, but to examine the process leading to the decision with the view to finding whether any protected substantive or procedural rights of the Applicant were violated, this Court is unfettered in doing so. 68.Be that as it may, it has been the cherished position of this Court and same was well articulated in the case of LINDA GOMEZ & 7 ORS v. REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA (2014) Judgment No. ECW/CCJ/JUD/05/14(Unreported) @ page 20 that: “If an issue is solely governed by domestic law, recourse to international forum will not arise unless the complainant has been denied a hearing or the right to fair hearing of his rights in the domestic arena. When recourse is made to an international court the Plaintiff must necessarily establish his claim by the texts governing the Court”. 69.In the instant case, the subject-matter essentially has nothing to do with the determination of the correctness or otherwise of the decisions of the Supreme Court of Liberia or actions of its Legislative Assembly already delivered or taken. The Court is not asked to re-examine in abstracto the judgment of the 28

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